Monday, September 9, 2013

Journal Post 9/9/13

Blank pages can be frightening; Lots of people are afraid to use up nice
papers or start their first page in a brand new book. What if you ruin
it? What if the first page is so disappointing that it causes you to
cringe whenver you open the book? What if what if what if...

But blank pages can also be a fresh blanket of untouched white snow. Or an undisturbed body
of water that is so smooth and reflective that it looks like glass. Our
first reaction is to destroy it - to stamp a network of footprints
through the snow. To throw stones.

But papers and canvases! These are the things that cripple us with indecision!

Sometimes it pains me to use a gentle hand and a light palette in my journals only to later destroy the whole thing with dark, inky words...

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Melissa Peacock is an emerging artist who combines watercolour and other media to reflect the beauty in the world around her. She often uses saturated colour and imagery of flora and fauna in a whimsical contemporary style.